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Super behemoths set to lock horns in Supreme Court

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Two behemoths of the superannuation industry, AustralianSuper and the Future Fund, will meet in the Victorian Supreme Court in mid-October to dispute the circumstances around the sale of a 29.7% stake in Perth airport. AustralianSuper, which manages ...

Future Fund accused of withholding docs in airport spat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... "Accordingly AustralianSuper has brought an application seeking pre-trial discovery of the documents in the Victorian Supreme Court." Earlier today, the Future Fund issued a statement denying any wrongdoing in relation to its acquisition of a $2 billion ...

LM liquidators get boot over conflict of interest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The Queensland Supreme Court has appointed a new receiver to oversee the winding up of LM Investment Management Limited's (LM) failed First Mortgage Income Fund (FMIF) after it found that its current liquidators had a conflict of interest. The new receiver ...

Gina Rinehart offers olive branch

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... hopes will bring their litigation to an end, a court has heard. Ms Rinehart's barrister, David Russell QC, told the Supreme Court on Monday that the "open letter" was to John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, two of her four children. The letter, which was ...

'Business as usual' for Perennial despite legal bid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... with Australian Wealth Management triggered the change in control clause and first mounted legal action in the NSW Supreme Court in 2011, which they lost. That decision has now been upheld in the NSW Supreme Court of Appeal. "It has and continues to ...

ASIC seeks to wind up of LM mortgage income fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... fund. LM Investment Management, the current responsible entity, opposed the application. Appearing in the Queensland Supreme Court this week, ASIC has sought orders for FMIF to be wound-up and PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed as the receivers. ASIC ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... release financial aggregates for March data. In equities news, ANZ Bank is expected to post half-year results, the NSW Supreme Court is expected to rule in Nathan Tinkler matter. Tinkler's Mulsanne Resources has been taken to court after failing to pay ...

ASIC winds up 3 fraudulent QLD financial services companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland has ordered three financial services companies to be wound up after they defrauded approximately $1 million between May and October 2012. An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation discovered ...

Former Citigroup broker convicted for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
The Western Australia Supreme Court has convicted a former Citigroup broker for insider trading, following an investigation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The broker, Colin Edward George Hebbard, of Gwelup, Western ...

KordaMentha appointed trustee to LM fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland has appointed KordaMentha and its affiliate firm, Calibre Capital Limited, as joint trustees of the LM Managed Performance Fund (LMPF). The Fund is the second largest mortgage investment fund in the LM group and has raised ...